She thought she had a hangover while watching Beyoncé on TV. Then she was rushed to the ER and had her eye removed

A woman believed she was just suffering from a bad case of a hangover while she was watching TV. However, she didn’t realize that her blurry vision would land her in the ER with one less eye because of a tumor.

Sheffield, England resident Jade Windley was at her friend’s house when they were watching a Beyoncé concert on TV, and Windley first noticed that she couldn’t see the backup dancers clearly. Initially, Windley attributed the blurry eyesight to a night of drinking wine, according to Kennedy News and Media.

“I was at my friend’s house and was watching a Beyoncé concert, and I couldn’t see the backing dancers,” Windley said. “I thought, ‘Maybe I’ve just had a bit too much wine the night before, and I’ll sleep it off.’”

She went to the ER and found out she had a tumor

It wasn’t until Windley’s friend suddenly brought up the possibility of a detached retina that she started realizing this might not be a case of a simple hangover. “My friend brought up this test about ‘how to tell if you have a detached retina,’” Windley said. During the test, Windley couldn’t see one of the black dots, so she eventually went to an optometrist, where she got her eyes scanned.

The visit to an optometrist resulted in Windley being told that she needed to visit the ER “right now” and learning that she had a non-cancerous tumor in her right eye that could potentially cost her her vision. “It was definitely a shock. I was completely confused and baffled,” Windley said.

In October 2025, Windley reportedly underwent six eye injections, steroid injections, and radiotherapy. However, her eyesight continued to deteriorate until she was only able to see a “tiny bit of light,” with pain persisting.

In March 2026, Windley made another visit to the hospital, where she received news she didn’t expect—a second tumor. “Needing surgery to have my eye removed wasn’t what I was expecting to hear,” Windley recalled. “By this point I’d gone completely blind [from that eye], and it was painful. I was throwing up all the time at work.”

She lost her eye and her confidence

On Aug. 5, doctors completely removed Windley’s affected eye, and she now wears an ocular conformer, a temporary plastic shell placed inside her eye to preserve its shape until a prosthetic eye can be fitted. The experience, she said, left her feeling unconfident and impacted both emotionally and physically.

“The recovery makes you extremely anxious. I lost half my vision and depth perception,” Windley said. “You don’t know what’s on that side. You’re jumpier. You have to completely change how you view your life.”

In the end, Windley decided to place an eyepatch over her affected eye for the time being to prevent any unwanted attention from strangers. She’s also trying to “find love” for the eye hole.

Despite everything, Windley tried to stay optimistic and said she was grateful for not ignoring the warning signs and encouraged others to get a check-up if they feel something is amiss. “I’m grateful because if I hadn’t gone to [the optometrist] that day, I might not have found out for months or years,” she said.

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